Fastener for the meeting-rails of sashes



( No Model.)

H. HARRISON. PASTENBR FOR THE MEETING RAILS 0P SASHE$. No. 427,233. Patented May 6, 1890.

witnesses: Inventor THE NORRIS FE ERS CV PNOT LIYHU WASHINGTON D I:

-NrTEn TATES ATENT FFICE.

HENRY HARRISON, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

FASTENER FOR THE MEETING-RAILS OF-SASHES.

SPECIFICATION forming part Of Letters Patent NO. 427,233, dated May 6, 1890. Application filed Tune 15, 1889. Serial No. 314,436- (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, HENRY HARRISON, a citizen of the United States, residing in the city and county of Philadelphia, State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Sash-Fasteners, which improvement is fully set forth inthe following specification and accompanying drawings.

My invention consists of a sash-fastener formed of a togglelever, which is pivoted to one of the meeting-rails and adapted to engage with a hook-shaped piece on the other meeting-rail, said toggle being provided with a tongue, whereby the fastener may be readily secured and released. v

It also consists of means for locking the side of the lever.

It also consists of means for locking the end of the lever.

Figures 1 and 2 represent perspective views of sash-fasteners embodying my invention. Fig. 3 represents a longitudinal section thereof. Fig. 4: represents a longitudinal section, on a reduced scale, of the fastener provided with a bolt, which enters the groove in the side of the window-frame.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding-parts in the several figures.

Referring to the drawings, A and B designate the meeting-rails of sashes of the usual construction.

0 designatesa hook or hook-shaped piece, which is secured to the rail A, and D designates a toggle-lever, which is pivoted to the rail B, and having its outer end adapted to engage with the hook O.

Mounted on the cross-bar E, which constitutes the joint of the limbs of the lever D, is a tongue F, whose outer end is bent or beaded, forming a handle, as at G. The limbs of the crossbar are of the form of loops, bows, or open frames, whereby they are light, strong, and durable, and may be made of heavy wire, round iron, cast or wrought metal, 820., as desired. It will be seen that the toggle-lever may be folded and unfolded, properly operating the tongue 1*. hen the lever is unfolded, the free end of the same may be placed over the hook C, (see Fig. 1,) and then by drawing out the tongue F said end fully engages with the hook or takes hold of the same, as will be seen in Fig. 2. The tongue is now forced down, whereby it engages with the inner face of the rail 13 and locks the toggle-lever, as will be seen in' the same figure, said lever being prevented from rising and unfolding. It is evident that when the tongue is properly thrown up and pushed toward the rail A the lever may be moved from under the top of the hook O, and then raised clear of the latter, whereby the sashes are unfastened or unlocked, and they may be raised or lowered, as desired.

In order to lock the side of the toggle-lever, there is fitted to the under side of the faceplace H or a casing below the same a bolt J, whose nose portion K is adapted to play in a slot L in said face-plate. The other end of the bolt has a thumb-screw M connected with it and movable in a slot N in said faceplate. It will be seen that the bolt occupies a position at a right angle to the length of the toggle-lever and may be moved over one of the sides of the lever or set back of the same, this being accomplished by properly operating the screw M. WVhen the bolt is in the desired position, the screw is tightened, whereby the bolt is prevented from move ment, it being evident that when the nose of the bolt is over the side of the lever the latter is prevented from being raised.

In order to lock the free endof the lever, the rail A has secured to it a spring-actuated latch or lip P, which is so located as to close the end of the hook C, so that the end of the lever is confined within said hook and lip, and thus prevented from rising or being raised until the lip is properly moved in order to uncover the end of the hook, the lever then being manipulated, whereby it may be disengaged from and cleared of said hook.

In Fig. 4: is shown a modification wherein the bolt J enters a groove Qin the sash-frame, thus locking the sash to the frame.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A sash-fastenerconsisting of a hook and a pivotal toggle-lever formed of loops having 10c a locking-tongue pivoted thereto, said parts being combined substantially as described.

2. A sash-fastener consisting of a hook, a

clamp the bolt in fixed position, said parts being combined substantially as described.

4. A sash-fastener having a lever adapted to engage a hook, and a sliding bolt with a clamping device, said bolt being adapted to engage said lever, and the clamping device being adapted to secure the bolt in fixed position, said parts being combined substantially as described.

HENRY HARRISON.

Vitn esses:

JOHN A. WIEDERsHEIM, WM. 0. WIEDERSHEIM. 

